-=> Benny Pedersen wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

 BP> i have not found anything there either

Yeah, not for Windows SMB.  Firewalling it is the only way to close the port.

 TL> Sure on *NIX using Samba, you could do
 TL> it, but the vast majority of machines using this port are Windows
 TL> boxes. Firewalling is your only option.

 BP> i am not smb expert, just think is sad to see hospitals in england got
 BP> compromised by smb protocol not secure enouh for real life, its so sad
 BP> to see microsoft have software not real tested in real life before sold
 BP> to custommers

Yes, there' something wrong there.

 BP>> firewalls is last resort on problems not possible to solve otherwize
 TL>  :=)
 TL> And this is one of them. :)

 BP> my default is shorewall :=)

Haven't used it for years, but used to like Shorewall a lot.


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